JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The attorney of a man accused of killing a 17-year-old at a Baymeadows gas station Friday night said he saw a gun.

Dunn's attorney Robin Lemonidis said Tuesday night that Michael Dunn acted in self defense when he shot and killed Jordan Davis. Dunn, 45, is now behind bars in Duval County.

"He didn't think he had harmed anybody and he just thought he had scared them off and he wanted to report it, but he didn't want to go in a sense, throw himself to the wolves in a strange city without representation," Lemonidis said.

JSO Homicide Lieutenant Rob Schoonover said a car with Jordan Davis and three other teens stopped at the gas station so one of the teens could go into the convenience store.

Schoonover said Dunn and his girlfriend parked next to the teens. Dunn allegedly said something to Davis and the other teens about their music being too loud while Dunn's girlfriend was inside the store.